It was a quick in & out, with 4 hours sleep at Assiniboine. Zidek & I hatched the plan over a beer 2 days earlier, a beer with none other than Andre Renner, king pin of Assiniboine Lodge.
We left Shark at the ridiculously late time of 21:45 - I had to work late - dashed in over Assiniboine Pass arriving some time after 01:00. Four hours later we were up. As luck would have it we were offered a hearty breakfast of pancakes & sausage - how Zidek manages this kind of feat time & time again continues to amaze me. Still, it definitely beat my planned breakfast smorgasbord of honey stingers and gel. We paid with our time, doing the washing up, I kid you not.
Then off down the trail, arriving at Sunshine a few short hours later.
Total running time - around 7 hours - including 3 hours in the dark!
Definitely one to do if you have a day or two.
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| Breakfast joint |
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| That's Assiniboine in the clouds |
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| Should've had those axes on Northover.... |
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| Nice matching shoes |
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| The traverse in to Citadel Pass |
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| Topping out on Citadel pass, Zidek feeling the distance in his oversize quads |
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| We had rain, hail, sunshine |
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| Pretty happy to find the truck at Sunshine village. Thanks Anna & Saira! |
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